Spangler at Convention Doubts on Future Role in Campaign
The piece analyzes whether Harrison E. Spangler of Cedar Rapids will play a campaign role after the Republican National Convention. It notes Eastern critics seek to sideline him while Iowa delegates pledge to Dewey, and discusses potential Midwest influence and Spangler’s press relations amid the convention dynamics.
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Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Linn Countian
Earl Warren
California
Spangler
New York
Dewey
J. Russell Sprague
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Chicago
Sprague
Brownell
United States
Republican Party
Midwest
National Committee
Iowa
Europe
Faulty Conception of Marriage Causes Most Divorces Today
Essay argues divorces stem from view of marriage as temporary and from public opinion that shames marriages without deep love. It contrasts homesteaders and hotel dwellers, cites attitudes of youth toward lasting bonds, and questions societal duty in preserving peace and family.
Out of the Past Buxton Quote on Sin and Conscience
A Buxton aphorism notes how a single sin unravels conscience, likening it to a drop that makes a hole you could fit your head through and urges caution against indulgence.
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Buxton
Wealth in a Friend from Today's Talk by George Matthew Adams
In this 1944 column Adams argues that true wealth lies in friendship not money. A friend acts as advocate, defender, counselor, and comforter, shaping our better self and sustaining hope when trouble comes. Real wealth grows with a friend and never diminishes.
They Say Better Than Sympathy War Bond Quote
John Kakerbeck of Worthington New York buys war bonds after his son Robert dies in Europe. He says, You can invest in a plane and a kid to take the place of Robert and his plane. The piece notes Stimson on naval victory off the Philippines boosting Pacific advance. Chiang Kai-Shek invites foreign investment and techs to aid development of industry and resources.
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Worthington
N. Y
Robert
Europe
Tokyo
Henry L. Stimson
Philippines
Pacific
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dewey Campaign Leaders Plot Wily Nominating Offensive
A detailed portrait of Dewey campaign managers Herbert Brownell Jr J Russel Sprague and Edwin F Jaeckle shaping a non candidate bid Their tactics mirror grassroots strategy and press handling aimed at locking in early support and discouraging opposition.
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Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican State Committee
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Jim Farley
Convention Warmed by War Shapes Nation's Destiny
Drew Pearson notes the wartime Republican convention in Chicago seems incongruous yet tests democracy. He profiles key figures around Tom Dewey, including Paul Lockwood, Edwin F. Jaeckle, Herbert Brownell, J. Russel Sprague, George Medalie, and mentions Hoover's evolving stance and the likelihood of John Foster Dulles as secretary of state.
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Dewey
Paul Lockwood
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Lockwood
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Nebraska
J. Russel Sprague
Long Island Sound
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Sprague
Nassau County
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Herbert Hoover
LaGuardia
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G. O.P
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J. P. Morgan
Foreign Affairs
Thomas E. Dewey
Stevens Hotel
Santa Claus
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J. Russell Sprague
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Ohio
Bricker
Comdr. Stassen
Dewey Must Repudiate Fascists in Chicago
Marquis W. Childs argues Dewey’s campaign is run by a professional trio aiming to win in November. He warns Dewey must repudiate America First and fascist-leaning groups led by Gerald L. K. Smith and Charles J. Anderson to win independent voters.
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Chicago
Charles J. Anderson
Smith
Stevens Hotel
Thomas O’brien
Immunity and antigens for ivy poisoning discussed by reader
A reader quizzed on immunity to ivy and oak dermatitis notes homeopathic Rhus tox dilutions as a purported cure. The letter recalls a personal bout with dermatitis, questions duration of immunity, and asks readers for experiences, while other medical advice comments on gallbladder diet and bunion treatment.
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Venenata
Bunion
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Poll-based view: Democrats lead, Republicans face uphill race
Raymond Moley analyzes a Newsweek poll of 118 state political reporters. Democrats hold 286 electoral votes to 198 for Republicans with New York as the toss-up. key battlegrounds include Pennsylvania and New York, while labor and industrial city turnout will shape the result.
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Newsweek
Washington
New York
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Quick-Change Politicking and Ballot-Scramble in Chicago
Columnist Arthur Baer mocks party switchers from the South as amphibious Democrats ready to flip to Republicans on a whim. He notes Maine and Vermont showing Southern accents could fuel a farcical campaign with lifelong partisans swapping sides like a game of prisoner's base.
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Lfelong
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